Austro-Italian border | |
Length: | 404km (251miles) |
Established: | 17 March 1861 |
Current: | 10 February 1947 |
The Austria–Italy border is a 404km (251miles)[1] land border along the Alps between the Republic of Italy and the Republic of Austria. A border has existed since 1861, but the current one only since 1919. It has been an EU internal border since 1 January 1995. The border was last changed in 1947.[2] A large older change was in 1919 when South Tyrol was made part of Italy instead of Austria.
The main arterial routes over this border go over the Brenner Pass. It has:
Other important routes are: